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The Truth Is

And you know that when the truth is toldThat you can get what you want or you can just get oldYou’re gonna kick off before you even get halfway throughWhy don’t you realize, Vienna waits for you?— Billy Joel, Vienna Today I deleted an old manuscript. The truth is, it was never going to get…

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Choices

A friend asked me which five songs I would choose if I could listen to no other song but those five for the rest of my life. An impossible task, really. Beyond your wedding song, if you truly loved it, what do you choose? Hard rock? Dance music? Introspective music? Singalong songs? Jazz? Classical? Death…

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A Dream Won’t Chase You Back

If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chanceIf you got a dream, chase it, ’cause a dream won’t chase you backIf you’re gonna love somebodyHold ’em as long and as strong and as close as you can‘Til you can’t— Cody Johnson, ‘Til You Can’t In America, this week is…

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The Cover of October Skies

Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondanceWith the stars up above in your eyesA fantabulous night to make romance‘Neath the cover of October skiesAnd all the leaves on the trees are fallingTo the sound of the breezes that blowYou know I’m tryin’ to please to the callingOf your heartstrings that play soft and lowYou…